Gift Greeting, Christmas: Twelve Days, Colonial, Twelfth Day (TK)
Description
A six-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting the twelfth day of Christmas from the traditional Christmas song, “The Twelve Days of Christmas”. The text of this print includes the complete final verse of the song. Border imagery represents the gifts received on the twelve days.
A full set of the “Colonial” Twelve Days prints has not been documented.
This is a Gift Greeting, Country Prints’ line of unmounted prints available in cardstock note folders with envelopes for mailing or gift giving; see “Branding” entries for folios.
This example is a sales sample used by Country Prints. Examples of this print appear in photos of the Country Prints workshop taken in 1957.
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr Wert
Role
Artist
Manufacturer
Country Prints
Date made
1957 - circa 1960
Time Period
20th Century
Place
Location
Gill MA.
Continent
North America
Inscription/Signature/Marks
“wert” in red script, lower left corner, and “by hand” in red print, lower right corner.
Dimensions
Height
9 in
Width
7 in
Material
Bleached Linen, Textile Ink
Color
Aqua, Brick Red, Green, Brown, Yellow Ochre, Black
